Ironing machine



Aug. 7, 1928. Y 1,679,808

T. N. BROWN IRONING MACHINE Filed Aug. 16, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l Ely. El.

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Aug. 7, 1928.

T. N. BROWN IRONING MACHINE Filed' Aug. 1e, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I N VEN TOR.

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Patented Aug. 7, 192s.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS N. BROWN, OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

IRON IN G MACHINE.

Application med August 16.1926. serial No. 129,300.

yrollers are shifted and operated in novel manner.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, an embodiment of which is villustated in the drawings, in which drawings [Figure 1 is a perspective view of a machine embodying the invention; Fig. 2 a rear elevational view of the same; Fig. 3 a side elevational view of the roller shifting mechanism, the lower roller being elevated; Fig. 4a view similar to Fig. 3, the lower roller-being in its lowered position; Fig. 5 a plan view of the support for the lower roller; Fig. 6 an elevational view of the lower roller driving mechanism and Fig. 7 al cross-section online 7-7 ofFig. 6.

' Referring to the illustrative embodiment of the invention, 1 represents the frame or standard of the machine adapted preferably for movable support on the Hoor. Projecting laterally from the upper part 'of the frame. The upper or otherl source of power.

closes the pulleys and the belt.

- frame is a bracket lwith a gear 17 2 in which one end of a shaft -3 is revolubly supported, the opposite end Vof the shaft being supported lin the or heating roll 3 is secured to this shaft and' is adapted to be heated in any suitable manner. A worm gear 4 within the frame is secured to the shaft and meshes with a worm 5 secured to a shaft 6 revolubly mounted on the frame and a pulley 7 is secured to a projectin end of the shaft 6. A belt 8 engaged wit the pulley is also engaged Awith a pulley 9 secured to the shaft of an electric motor 10 A guard 11. en-

A gear l2 also meshes with the worm 5 and' is secured to a revolubly mounted shaft 13 which projects through the side wall 1a of the frame. A gear 14 is secured to the projecting end of the shaft 13 and meshes with a gear 15 mounted on a stud 16 projecting from the wall 1n. The gear 14 also meshes mounted on a stud 18 rojecting from a plate 19 that is oosely mounted on the shaft 13. A spring 2O is attached to the plate and to a stud or pin 21 that projects from the wall .on the shaft 24. The lower roll is,

1, and tends to rock the plate toward a stop 21a (Fig. 3). The gear 17 is loosely pinned by the pins 17a to a gear 22'also mounted on the stud 18, and the gear `22 is adapted to mesh with a -gear 23 secured to a shaft 24 that is mounted in one arm.

25a of a bell crank 25 that is secured to a sleeve 26 revolubly mounted on shaft 27 that is .fixed in a bracket 28 secured to the frame and projecting therefrom substantially parallel to the upper roll 3a The loose-pin con nection between the gears 17 and 22 assures proper meshing of the gears 22 and 23,'since the gear 2,2 may then stop or lag momentarily to permit the teeth of the gear 23 to properly engage gear 22 upon shifting the roll 30 toward the roll 3a, thereby avoiding stripping of the gears 22 and 23. An arm 29 is secured to the opposite .end of the sleeve 26 and supports the opposite end of the shaft 24. The lower roll 30 is secured or formed swung on the fixed shaft 27. The'shaft 27 is braced by a rod 27 a shaftby a bolt 27b that extends through the said upper endof the rod and through an enlarged opening 26a in the sleeveinto a threaded opening in the shaft 27 The opening 26' is large enough to permitA the sleeve to rock on the shaft 27.

A link 31 is pivoted to the arm 25b of the bell crank 25 and to one end of a band 32 disposed within a drum-15a formed on or secured to the gear 15, a fabric or other friction band 33 being disposed between the.' band`32 and the annular wall of the drum. Lugs 34 are formed at opposite ends of the band 32 and between said lugs. and pivoted to a fixed plate 35 is a lever 36' having a cam 37 thereon that abuts both the lugs, and which cam, when the lever 36 is rocked in a proper direction', causes the` lugs to separate to cause the friction vband to grip the rotating drum sufficiently to cause the band under the influence of the rotating drum to move clockwise a short distance to reciprocate the link V31 and rock the bell crank, the sleeve 26 and the. arms 25 and 29 to cause the lower roll to approach or contact with the upperroll. A stop 38 is slidably mounted on the wall ,1a and beneath the lever 36 to adjustably control the downward movement of the said lever. The stop engages on one or more pins 39 projecting therefore,

that is secured to thc main frame and is connected at its upper en'd'to the I' 60l 22 is pivotally supported. on the main drive from the' walllL and it isadjusted longitudinally by the screw 40 attached to it and' mounted in a lug 41 pivotally mounted on the plate 1a. A rod 42 is suitably engaged at its upper end to the lever 36, the lower end of the rod being operatively connected to a suitable pedal 43, y the depression of which pedal the lever is rocked on its pivot. Disks 22n and 23a are secured to or formed lon corresponding faces of the gears 22 and 23 which abut 'when the gear 23 is moved toward the ear 22. These plates prevent said gears rom meshing too deeply and binding. When the gear 23 is out of mesh with the gear 22, the plate 19 is moved' clockwi'se by the spring as the gear drops .and eventually abuts the stop 211.y

A. segment member 44 is pivotally mount- I ed on the plate 1a and above the lever 36.

-A and a rod 46 is dpivoted to both the A hand lever 45 is pivoted to the wall 1` disk and the lever. ByA epressing thehand lever the disk is swung into Contact with the lever 36 to rock it just as the depression of the pedal rocks the said lever, the slotted upper end of the rod 42 permitting the lever to move downwardly without reciprocating the rod.

vband to grip the rotating 4drum vwith suicient force to cause the band to move with the drum (clockwise, Fig.` 3). The link 3l travels with the band and rocks the bell crank 25 and the arm 29 to raise the lower roll toward the upper roll and into contact therewith` with such pressure as @he controlledfthrow ofthe lever 36p erm1ts. The gear 23k on the shaft of the lower roll is engaged at the same time with the rotating gear 22 and the latter gear and the plate 19 are swung'upwardly on the shaft 13, the rctating gear 17 moving upwardly on the rotating gear 14. The grip `of the clutch von the drum 15u is not Sufficient to prevent the drum from continuing its lrotation when the movement of the band ceases.

When" the pedal is released the lower roll descends under the infiuence of gravity, the

-clutch mechanism releasingrelatively slowlyfrom the drum so that the roll descends without jar and tlie gear 23 freelyl dis connects from the gear 22. Since the gear shaft 13, it assures of the meshing of the gears 22 and 23 irrespective of the degree of pressure of the lower roll on the upper roll 'or of the nearness of approach of lthe lower roll to the upper roll.

A very refined control of the pressure to be exerted by the lower roll upon the upper roll is thus possible.

It will be noted that Vone driving member-the worm 5 drives both rolls through the connecting gears, the bodily movable roll 3() having a gear 22 revolubly mounted on a pivotal support 19', as a part of its operative connection with the worm.

What I claim is:

1.111 an ironing machine, the combinationof two cooperating revoluble rolls one of which is bodily movable toward the other, a driven'member, a member adapted to be driven by the driven member and having a pivotally mounted support, a revoluble drum and a member having operative connection to the bodily movable roll and adapted to frictionally engage the drum for causing the said roll to move toward the other roll and to cause it to operatively connect to the member having a pivotally mounted support.

2, In an ironing machine, the combination of two `cooperating revoluble rolls one of which is bodilymov'able toward the other, a driven member, a revoluble drum driven by the` driven member, a member driven by the driven member and having a pivotally mounted support, a friction member adapted to engage the drum and having a connection to the bodily movable roll, means to cause the friction member to engage the drum for causing the bodily movable roll to operatively engage the member having the pivotal support and to move toward the other roll and means to regulate the pressure between' the two rolls when they are in contact.

3. In an ironing machine, the combination of two revolubly mounted'rolls, one of which is bodily movable toward the other, a driving shaft, a pivotally mounted support, a. gear revolubly mounted on the support and adapted to be driven by the shaft, a gear having connection with the bodily movable roll, a revoluble member having driven connection with theshaft, a member adapted to frictionally engage the revoluble member and having an operative connection to the 'bodily movable roll, means to cause the frictionymember to engage the revoluble member and cause the bodily movable roll to move toward the other roll andto cause the gear on said bodily movable roll to engage the gear carried by the pivotally mounted support, and adjustable means to limit the movement of the friction member.

4. In an ironing machine, the combination of two revolubly mounted rolls one of which is bodily movable toward thev'other, a gear having connection with the bodily movable roll, a driving shaft, a gear secured to the shaft, a plate pivotally mounted on the shaft, means to. swing the plate in one direction, a gear revolubly mounted on -the plate and having driven connection with the gear on ing shaft, a gear secured to 'p bodil the shaft, a drum adapted to be rotated by y the driving shaft, a friction band within the. .drum adapted to engage the same and having connectionto the -bodily movable roll, a lever adapted to 4cause Y tionally engage the drum tolcause the band to move bodily therewith for moving th'e movable roll toward the other roll and or engaging the gear on said movable roll with the -gearon the plate and an ad- 'ustable 'stop adapted to be abutted by the ever.

5.,In an ironing machine, the Icombinaa pivotal support for one of the rolls, a gear having connection with said latter roll, a drivthe shaft, a pivotally mounted plate, means to swing the plate in one directlon, a pair of gears Vrevolubly mounted on. the plate, one of which e is engaged with the gear on the shaft and is loosely pinned to anddrivesthe other gear of saidpair, being adapted the roll having the said loosely pinned gear the pivotal support, a revoluble drum having a driving connection with the driving shaft, a clutch mechanism within the drum, a link connected to the clutch mechanism and to the `pivotal support, a pedal operatively connected to the clutch mechanism for causing the mechanism to engage the drum and reciprocate the link andv cause the roll having the pivotal support to move toward the other rolll and connect the "first named gear to the loosely gear. i

6. In an ironing machine, a main driving pinned the band to fric'-y 1 and theA gear on the second rollfis to be engaged by the gear on.

shaft, a roll driven support including a y liked shaft, 'a second roll revolubly mounted on the fixed shaft, a train of gears driven by the main shaft, a gearv on the second roll adapted .to be connected to the train of gears, a revoluble drum having a driven connection vto the main shaft, a friction band within the drum, 'a reciproca-ble member connected to the friction band and to the bell crank, a member to cause the band to yfrictionally en' gage the .drum and means to actuate the latter member whereby the Areciprocable member is reciprocated to cause the second roll to move bodily toward the other roll caused to engage the train of gears.

, 7 In'an ironing machine, Itwo cooperating ll crank lever anda revolubly mounted, rolls, a swinging frame f carrying one of the rolls, a main driving shaft, gear mechanism connected to the shaft and adapted to be .connected to the'latter roll, a revolublyvmo'unted drum having a driving connection to the main shaft, a friction band within the drum, a reciprocable member connected to' theband'and to the swinging frame, andA mans to expand the band into frictional engagement with the drum consisting of a cam, an arm connected to the cam,I a pedal, a rod pivotally connected to the pedal and to the arm and an. ad' justable cam stop to regulate the movement of the arm in one direction.

In witness whereof I'have hereunto' set my hand this 12th day oflAugust, 1926.

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